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Many Aspire, Few Attain

BY WALT HENRICHSEN

There's a war on today. We are no longer fighting in Vietnam, but we are engaged in a war that is far greater than that war — a war in which Vietnam was only a symptom. We wrestle in this war day after day — it’s a spiritual conflict. As the apostle Paul said, "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places" (Ephesians 6:12). The spiritual warfare is probably intensifying rather than receding.....

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Character Qualities

In Philippians 1:6 we are told that God will carry on to completion the work He began in us. This grid is a tool to help you identify areas of your character where growth is needed. Read the character trait along with its antonym and description. Evaluate your life in respect to each trait. Remember the purpose of this exercise is to help you know your areas of strength and weakness in order to utilize and develop them for God's glory.

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Are You Tentmaking or Just Hanging Out?

BY GRANT NAUMAN

Ever think of yourself as a missionary to your own community? Here are three ways to have an impact for Christ wherever you live and work.

The first time I lived and worked in a country closed to missionaries, I experienced the joy of sharing the gospel with people who had never heard it before. I saw God use me as He drew them, step-by-step, to Himself. Yet when I returned to the United States, I fell back into an all-too-familiar pattern of wanting to witness, but seldom actually doing it....

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Out of the Papermill into the Pew

BY MARK SEIFRID

A striking trend emerged from a survey of alumni of Navigator campus ministries last year. While the alumni considered their training in personal growth and ministry highly effective in the campus setting, many reported that it failed to prepare them for a ministry in the local church after graduation. The author, a former Navigator staff member who is now a seminary student, suggests a number of principles that can help to ease the transition.—Ed.

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If I Could Live My Life Over

BY ROBERT BOARDMAN

During the early years of the Second World War, a young American Marine named Robert Boardman was beaten up in a drunken brawl in Australia, and wound up spending several weeks in a hospital. In remorse he turned to prayer and to the pages of the Bible, and soon committed his life to Christ....

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